The Raptors took a step in the wrong direction last season, failing to improve upon their win total from the previous year for the first time since 2011-12. Where does our panel see them going from here?

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Raptors sign Wiltjer

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The Raptors signed forward Kyle Wiltjer to a one-year deal, the team announced Tuesday. Financial terms of the contract were not immediately disclosed. The 6-foot-10, 240-pounder appeared in 14 games for the Houston Rockets last season, compiling 13 points and 10 rebounds in 44 minutes of action.

Masai Ujiri resisted the desire to break up a successful roster that could contend in a post-LeBron James Eastern Conference.

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Raptors add backcourt depth

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Toronto signed former NC State guard Lorenzo Brown to a two-way contract. He has played 63 games for three NBA teams since 2013 and averaged 23.6 points in 11 games last season for Grand Rapids in the D-League.

With his future now in Brooklyn, DeMarre Carroll told the Toronto Sun on Monday that the Raptors' locker room was divided last season as players lacked trust in each other.

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The Raptors will waive C Justin Hamilton after the trade to send DeMarre Carroll to Brooklyn is finalized, sources said. Hamilton is guaranteed $3 million this season, Toronto will use the stretch provision to reduce their cap hit to $1 million this season to give them extra room under the luxury tax line. Hamilton will be a free agent.

Toronto needs shooting and is acquiring C.J. Miles from Indiana for point guard Cory Joseph. Kevin Pelton grades the trade.

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The trade of DeMarre Carroll and now Cory Joseph will have the Raptors positioned to be under the luxury tax. Toronto will likely project to be $555k below the tax with 13 guaranteed and 1 non-guaranteed contract. Keep in mind that newly signed Kyle Lowry has $2.3M in unlikely bonuses that could push the Raptors into the tax if the bonuses are met.

The Raptors and Pacers have agreed to a sign-and-trade deal that will send C.J. Miles to Toronto in exchange for Cory Joseph, sources told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.

Raptors blow out Wolves in Vegas

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Jakob Poeltl racked up a double-double (15 points, 10 rebounds), Pascal Siakam added 17 and Kennedy Meeks scored 12 points in nine minutes off the bench to lead Toronto to a 97-72 win over Minnesota in Saturday's summer league contest.

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The trade of DeMarre Carroll to Brooklyn will save the Raptors $30M this season. Carroll was owed $14.8M and the Toronto before the trade had a $18M tax bill. The Raptors are currently $900K below the tax with 14 players under contract. Toronto in 2018-19 now has $112M in salary, $11M below the luxury tax.

The Toronto Raptors have agreed to trade forward DeMarre Carroll and a 2018 lottery-protected first-round pick and second-round selection to the Brooklyn Nets in a move to create salary-cap flexibility, league sources told ESPN.